Only 41 Medical Marijuana Dispensaries for LA
If the announcement of the city officials of Los Angeles is to be upheld, there will only be 41 marijuana dispensaries left in the city – but dispensaries deemed ineligible are not taking the ruling sitting down.
According to a report on the Los Angeles Times, there are only 41 medical marijuana dispensaries that were found to be eligible to stay in business under the city’s ordinance. The number, however, is so low that the process will reportedly be suspended, pending the ruling of a judge that it is legal. A Los Angeles Superior Court judge will be asked by the city attorney’s office to decide if the process being followed by the city is suitable.
PureLife Alternative Wellness Center is one of the dispensaries that have been found to be ineligible to continue its operations. The ruling did not sit well with Yamileth Bolanos, who runs PureLife: “I’m not going to take this lying down… This is ridiculous. They have screwed up one thing after another. Not once have they thought about the patients of Los Angeles.”
As of this time, there are almost thirty lawsuits from an estimated 85 dispensaries that are challenging the procedure that Los Angeles is following, which aims to limit the number of dispensaries. The dispensaries who filed the lawsuits are among the more than 400 dispensaries that have been shut down since the city adopted the process in January.
Los Angeles sought to trim down dispensaries operating in the city after it saw an increase in the number of dispensaries after failing to implement a moratorium that was put in place in 2007.
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August 26, 2010 at 12:58 pmLaurie Stuart
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I am absolutely appauled that this is still going on. How can ANYONE say that 41 Dispensaries is enough for Los Angeles? There are so many patients who are getting hurt by this,yet again. It’s hard finding a dispensary that you can trust and when you find a good one and they are put out of business that is very hard on a patient. And what about all the TAX REVENUE that could be generated by the MMJ Dispensaries… last time I looked at the news CALIFORNIA is BROKE! If we have a solution to some of the debt why do we keep shooting ourselves in the foot? Just askin…
Laurie Stuart
Menifee, CA
Patient for Medical Marijuana
August 26, 2010 at 6:52 pmOldYeller
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Interesting. I found an error by the city clerk…SOCC@14200 ventura & Buds&Roses@13235 ventura are within 500 feet of eachother, a clear no no according to ordinance. They are both eligible on the list yet dont match the 1000 ft rule between dispensaries. Hmmm. Do they check their lists more than once?